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First post, by HardwareExtreme

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Hello All. I created this thread to see if anyone can point out any programs, drivers, and patches that will make the lives of people trying to bring back old computers good. So, I will post some useful sites and tips and you guys can comment too. Just don't spam, or give useless information.

Some useful sites: (I will probably add to this later)
1. http://kmeleonbrowser.org/ A browser that is modern(-ish) that runs on 95, 98, 2000, and so on.
2. http://files.mpoli.fi// A site that has A BOATLOAD of driver files for DOS up to 98
3. http://www.oldapps.com/ It has a bunch of older programs, including Flash, Netscape Navigator, and so on.
4. http://www.lancaster.ac.uk/staff/steveb/cpaap/pfe/ A useful text editor for Windows 3.1 up to XP.
5. http://www.georgpotthast.de/sioux/packet.htm A website with a whole bunch of packet drivers for DOS.
As always, have fun 😀

Last edited by HardwareExtreme on 2015-09-16, 20:27. Edited 1 time in total.

Q: Why didn't Intel call the Pentium the 586?
A: Because they added 486 and 100 on the first Pentium and got 585.999983605.
Source: http://www.columbia.edu/~sss31/rainbow/pentium.jokes.html

Reply 1 of 6, by Jorpho

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I think we already have a huge thread along these lines.
Release Announcements Consolidation

http://www.mdgx.com is hugely useful, if somewhat difficult to navigate.

Reply 2 of 6, by HardwareExtreme

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Well, this thread is specifically for older versions of Windows and DOS, so there is no wading through extra stuff that isn't for older versions of Windows.

Q: Why didn't Intel call the Pentium the 586?
A: Because they added 486 and 100 on the first Pentium and got 585.999983605.
Source: http://www.columbia.edu/~sss31/rainbow/pentium.jokes.html

Reply 3 of 6, by Tetrium

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One of my favorites is this forum: http://www.msfn.org/board/forum/91-windows-9x … ember-projects/
It's not directly related to programs, but it does come with a lot of links and information

Whats missing in your collections?
My retro rigs (old topic)
Interesting Vogons threads (links to Vogonswiki)
Report spammers here!

Reply 4 of 6, by HardwareExtreme

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Does anyone else have any helpful links?

Q: Why didn't Intel call the Pentium the 586?
A: Because they added 486 and 100 on the first Pentium and got 585.999983605.
Source: http://www.columbia.edu/~sss31/rainbow/pentium.jokes.html

Reply 5 of 6, by sliderider

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There's 98SE2ME that I always liked.

http://www.mdgx.com/9s2m/

They show you how to migrate the best features of ME to 98SE so you can have the best of both worlds. Compatibility with later hardware and software standards without breaking DOS compatibility for running older games and applications.

Reply 6 of 6, by elianda

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Maybe this ftp: ftp://78.46.141.148/
especially the driver and mirrors subfolder have a few files.

Retronn.de - Vintage Hardware Gallery, Drivers, Guides, Videos. Now with file search
Youtube Channel
FTP Server - Driver Archive and more
DVI2PCIe alignment and 2D image quality measurement tool

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